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- EIC podcast: Microsoft's analyst meeting; Icahn's deal; Facebook
- On this week's EIC squared podcast, Dan is back and we talk about Microsoft's analyst meeting, Kevin Johnson's departure from the software giant, Carl Icahn's deal with Yahoo and Facebook. The big news this week was Microsoft's financial meeting (see Mary Jo Foley and Ina Fried's coverage)...
- Tags: Facebook, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Carl Icahn, Dan, Podcasts, Portals, Internet, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Icahn says he can't
- Add Carl Icahn to the list of parties trying to figure out what to do with Yahoo! who can't. If he had a solid idea of how to set Yahoo! apart from Google, in particular, or Facebook and MySpace, along the way, he would have been...
- Tags: America Online Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Carl Icahn, Icahn, Corporate Governance, Channel Management, Search, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Marketing, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-07-21
- Yahoo and Icahn Reach Agreement
- The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Yahoo has reached an agreement with Carl Icahn, the activist investor who has been waging a proxy contest to unseat the board and push Yahoo closer to a deal with Microsoft. Yahoo said Mr. Icahn will join the board himself. The board...
- Tags: Board, Yahoo! Inc., Agreement, Carl Icahn, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Dave Greenfield
- Blog posts 2008-07-21
- Yahoo, Icahn settle proxy fight: Assessing winners and losers
- Updated below: Yahoo and billionaire investor Carl Icahn have settled their looming proxy war. According to a statement Monday, Yahoo's board of directors will be expanded to 11 members and one of those seats will go to Icahn. The two remaining seats will be filled based on...
- Tags: Board, Yahoo! Inc., Carl Icahn, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-21
- Another call for Yahoo-Icahn compromise
- Carl Icahn's push to get a new slate of directors on board at Yahoo took another hit late Sunday when another shareholder stepped up to call for a compromise. According to Reuters, Eric Jackson, manager of hedge fund Ironfire Capital and leader of shareholder group Yahoo Plan B, will announce...
- Tags: Slate, Yahoo! Inc., Carl Icahn, Corporate Governance, Financial Accounting, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Finance, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-07-21
- Legg Mason takes Yahoo's side vs. Icahn; Yang takes campaign to home page
- Updated: Yahoo's argument that billionaire investor Carl Icahn is a short-timer with no clear plan to run the company has won over a key investor: Legg Mason. In addition, Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang is taking the company's campaign to its home page. In a broadcast to employees...
- Tags: Jerry Yang, Legg Mason Inc., Board, Yahoo! Inc., Carl Icahn, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-18
- Yahoo: Icahn just a short-termer
- Yahoo once again delivered another shareholder letter Thursday designed to urge shareholders to vote for its board members at its Aug. 1 annual meeting. Yahoo's message: Billionaire investor Carl Icahn only has short-term interest n the company. In Yahoo Chairman's Roy Bostock's letter the company outlined the...
- Tags: Shareholder, Yahoo! Inc., Carl Icahn, Financial Accounting, Corporate Governance, Finance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-17
- Microhoo mudslinging: Icahn says Yahoo distorts facts of offer; Microsoft agrees
- The Microhoo saga gets messier by the minute and will probably get worse as we near the Aug. 1 shareholder meeting where Carl Icahn tries to boot Yahoo's board and CEO Jerry Yang. We're back to dueling letters again and the saga is very messy Techmeme. On...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Carl Icahn, Search, Yahoo! Press Release, Corporate Governance, Financial Accounting, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-14
- Yahoo rejects latest Microsoft-Icahn proposal; Calls Microsoft 'erratic'
- Yahoo says it has rejected another offer from Microsoft and Carl Icahn. The latest offer, delivered Friday, was another gambit to acquire Yahoo's search business. Yahoo's overall message: If Microsoft is serious step up and buy the whole company "for at least $33 per share." Yahoo also...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Carl Icahn, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-13
- Yahoo posts Icahn scoreboard; Touts Google pact to shareholders
- Yahoo on Monday filed its shareholder pitch with the Securities and Exchange Commission as its proxy fight with activist investor Carl Icahn gathers steam. Much of the presentation was designed to "correct the record" on everything from the company's compensation plan to how the Microsoft bid went down. But Yahoo...
- Tags: Shareholder, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Carl Icahn, Reorg, Financial Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-06-30
- Meet Jerry Yang, pinata
- So what's that water cooler conversation going to sound like at the Yahoo executive suite today? Probably something like this: Sue Decker: So Jerry how was your weekend? Jerry Yang: Not too bad. I didn't have to talk to Steve Ballmer so how bad...
- Tags: Jerry Yang, Yahoo! Inc., Carl Icahn, Financial Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-06-16
- Daily Debrief: Yahoo's health checkup
- In Thursday's Daily Debrief, CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi and Dan Farber discuss the state of the company more than four months after Microsoft's takeover bid. What do all the recent staff departures mean and why hasn't Yahoo better articulated its plan to move forward?
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Health Care, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, News, daily debrief, kara tsuboi, dan farber, yahoo, board, carl icahn, microsoft, acquisition
- Videos 2008-06-12
- Icahn miffed at Yahoo response; Has Google envy too
- Another day another Carl Icahn to Roy Bostock letter. In this installment, our activist billionaire is annoyed by the Yahoo chairman's terse response to his previous letter. Hmm. Maybe these folks should just pick up the damn phone. Anyway, here's the letter. You can...
- Tags: Shareholder, Google Inc., Eric Schmidt, Board, Yahoo! Inc., Plan, Carl Icahn, Corporate Governance, Financial Accounting, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-06-09
- Carl and Yahoo's dueling banjo routine gets old
- See Carl Icahn blast Jerry Yang and Yahoo Chairman Roy Bostock over a compensation plan to fend off a Microsoft bid. See Roy tell Carl he's manipulating facts and using allegations from a complaint that has no merit. See Larry's eyes glaze over. Anyone else sick of...
- Tags: Jerry Yang, Board, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Carl Icahn, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-06-05
- Daily Debrief: Icahn's plans for Yahoo
- CNET News.com's Charles Cooper and Dawn Kawamoto, discuss Carl Icahn's plans for Yahoo, and the possibility of ousting Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang and others to get Microsoft back to the table.
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., News, charlie cooper, dawn kawamoto, daily debrief, microsoft, yahoo, carl icahn, jerry yang, sue decker
- Videos 2008-06-04
- Investing legends circle Yahoo; Does a breakup make sense?
- The Microhoo saga has attracted a who's who list of investors to Yahoo in a big bet that Carl Icahn will force some sort of "shareholder value." The latest investing star to enter the Microhoo sweepstakes is T. Boone Pickens, a legendary oil investor, has bought 10...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Carl Icahn, Breakup, Financial Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-20
- Jerry Yang is busy...Writing email
- Yahoo filed its internal communications about Carl Icahn's proxy war plans with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The takeaway: Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang has been writing a lot of emails. To senior vice presidents at Yahoo, Yang delivered a few talking points following Icahn's first volley and...
- Tags: Jerry Yang, Annual Meeting, Board, Carl Icahn, E-mail, Stockholder, Director, Company, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-16
- Icahn launches Yahoo proxy fight; Mark Cuban's return?
- As expected, billionaire Carl Icahn launched his proxy war to turn over Yahoo's board of directors and one of his nominees is Mark Cuban, who sold Broadcast.com to Yahoo and then took those funds to buy the Dallas Mavericks. Just for entertainment value I may buy a...
- Tags: Shareholder, Board, Yahoo! Inc., Chairman, Mr., Mark Cuban, Microsoft Corp., Carl Icahn, Director, Yahoo Shareholder, Bebchuk, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- Can Icahn bring Microsoft's Yahoo bid back?
- Updated: Billionaire investor Carl Icahn announced an alternate board of directors for Yahoo in a move that could revive a Microsoft bid. Will Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer bite? As expected Icahn announced his alternate slate, which includes Mark Cuban, who sold Broadcast.com to...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Carl Icahn, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- Icahn reportedly preps his board slate for Yahoo
- That Yahoo proxy war looks like it's on, but with a new cast of characters. According to Reuters, billionaire investor Carl Icahn will move ahead with an alternate slate of board of directors. The goal: Turn over Yahoo's 12 directors at once and sell Yahoo to Microsoft--or...
- Tags: Board, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Carl Icahn, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-14
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